India v England: Haseeb Hameed to make England debut in first Test
Source: BBC Teenage opener Haseeb Hameed will make his England debut against India in the opening Test in Rajkot on Wednesday. The match will go ahead despite the Board of […]
Swiss against Islam as an official religion
RELIGIOUS INTEGRATION By swissinfo.ch NOV 7, 2016 – 11:07 Almost two-thirds of respondents said there was no place in Switzerland for Islam (Keystone) Almost two-thirds of people living in Switzerland do not think Islam should be recognised as an official Swiss religion, according to a survey. A similar proportion believes […]
Switzerland: Intel chief: general surveillance of mosques ‘unlawful’
Source: Swiss Info There is neither a reason nor a legal basis to monitor all mosques and imams as a preventative measure, the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) […]
The poppy has become a symbol of racism – I will never wear one again
The Entente Cordiale which sent my father to France is now trash beneath the high heels of Theresa May, yet this wretched woman dares to wear a poppy Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 3 November 2016 The Every Man Remembered sculpture in London, commemorating First World War soldiers Rex Yes, the […]
Baby adoption practices of past demand inquiry, say law firms
Source: The Guardian By Harriet SherwoodReligion correspondent About half a million babies in Britain, most with unmarried mothers, were adopted from the 50s to the 70s via church-run agencies. Photograph: Tom Merton/Getty Images/Caiaimage Pressure is mounting for a public inquiry into the adoption of hundreds of thousands of babies born to […]
Today’s women can ignore the church – but we can’t ignore nature
Source: The Guardian It’s been sad and moving, the outpouring of anguish that has greeted an apology from the Catholic church for its adoption policy during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. It’s reckoned that half a million babies were prised from their young mothers’ arms in the days after birth, […]
Italian priest blames earthquakes on gay civil unions
Source: The Guardian By Hannah Summersand agencies Pope Francis prays in front of quake ruins in Amatrice. The Vatican say Cavalcoli’s views are offensive and disgraceful. Photograph: Osservatore Romano/EPA An Italian priest has angered the Vatican after claiming the earthquakes that have shaken the country killing hundreds and leaving thousands homeless […]
Napoli host 25 young migrants at a football match against Lazio
The young migrants were set to meet players including defenders Kalidou Koulibaly and Elseid Hysaj after the match, which finished 1-1. By: AP | Naples | Updated: November 6, 2016 Naples’ mayor Luigi De Magistris, center, poses for a photo with a group of refugees hosted by the city, during […]
How much Europe do Europeans need?
Nov 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JOSCHKA FISCHER In his final address to the European Parliament in 1995, then-French president François Mitterrand, whose failing health was evident to all, found the following indelible words to characterise Europe’s great scourge: “Le nationalisme, c’est la guerre!” Nationalism and war were the defining […]
Muslim association suspends Winterthur mosque
AFTER THE RAID Muslim association suspends Winterthur mosque NOV 6, 2016 – 13:07 Police raided the mosque premises on Wednesday and temporarily cordoned off the immediate area (Keystone) The umbrella association of Islamic organisations in Zurich (VIOZ) has suspended a mosque that was raided by police on Wednesday. An […]
Europe after Merkel
Nov 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ashoka Mody Next year, Germany will hold a federal election, and the new Bundestag will choose the country’s next chancellor. Whether or not Angela Merkel retains the role — at the moment, things are not looking good for her or her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) […]
20 Islamist infiltrators exposed in German army
Source: RT The German military has uncovered dozens of soldiers with Islamist leanings that joined the army to receive rigorous training in weapons systems and tactics in hopes of using it for future terror attacks, both at home and abroad, local media report. Germany’s Military Counterintelligence Service, MAD, has identified […]
Inside Switzerland’s largest nuclear bunker – 40 years on
Designed to house 20,000 people, the bunker was built in and over two motorway tunnels. Photo: Unterirdisch Ueberleben Published: 20 Oct 2016 Opened 40 years ago at the height of the Cold War, the Sonnenberg bunker in Lucerne was one of the largest public fallout shelters in the world and […]
Turkey draws Western condemnation over arrest of Kurdish lawmakers
Reuters International NOV 4, 2016 – Police detain Sebahat Tuncel, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), during a protest against the arrest of Kurdish lawmakers, in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar (reuters_tickers) DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish authorities arrested the leaders of […]
Switzerland: Court upholds denying permit to Islamic kindergarten
FINAL VERDICT NOV 4, 2016 – 14:51 The Imam Centre in Volketswil, canton Zurich was the planned site of a kindergarten that was denied its operating permit by Switzerland’s highest court (Keystone) Switzerland’s highest court has ruled that canton Zurich correctly denied an Islamic society’s request to open a […]
Will an Earthquake Bring Down Rome?
Source: The Daily Beast ROME — It is a terrifying sensation when your home starts to shake and your furniture starts to shimmy—especially when you don’t consider your address to be in a high-risk seismic zone. But for the last three months, starting on August 24 and ending, oh, at […]
Court rejects terror arrest for Berlin Isis suspect
Source: The Local The young man’s lawyer described his arrest as a “scandal” in an interview with Spiegel. Prosecutors had only presented judges with minimal evidence which had clearly not convinced them, the lawyer said. Federal prosecutors also confirmed that the judge did not consider the evidence presented as sufficient “for an […]
After 500 years of schism, will the rift of the Reformation finally be healed?
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood Martin Luther’s burning of the Papal Bull excommunicating him in 1520 led to five centuries of religious division in Europe. Photograph: Getty A simple act, it […]
Hit by refugee crisis, Merkel faces tough election year
Source: The Local Germany’s mass refugee influx may have abated, but the fears and tensions it stoked loom large as a weakened Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to lead her party into a tough election year. More:
‘German caliphate’ video becomes part of US election
Source: The Local A US-made video, showing German cathedrals turned into mosques and Oktoberfest without alcohol or pork, is being deployed to convince US voters to cast their ballots for Donald Trump. More: